Davos – Oil, People

Here is something nice to start Monday with…… an article from CNN/Fortune
about the views of George Soros and Bill Browder on the potential
scenarios that could lead to further spikes in the price of oil.

From the fall of the house of Saud to Iraqi insurgents disrupting pipelines – none of the scenarios are outrageous.

Last night on the BBC World News channel there was a tremendous
program  hosted by Nik Gowing at Davos with leaders of countries,
industries, companies – again from Davos – trying to establish what
things should be on the agenda that are not. Key issue that came out
was the need for mobility of labour. Demographics in Europe mean that
there has to be a massive influx of non-anglo saxon people to provide
basic labour as the native poplulations of the countries of Europe age.
But this is not a vote winner domestically in each of the countries.
Capital flows easily to where it can be used most profitably. People do
not/can not.

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